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#1 Re: Help Me ! » How would you work out the odds of you winning the lottery » 2010-05-09 13:25:51

Hi,

I would have thought that as each time a ball is picked you have a 1 in 40 chance ( if the ball is replaced ) then write this down 8 times as a fraction.>>

( 1/40 ) X ( 1/40 ) X ( 1/40 ) X ( 1/40 ) X ( 1/40 ) X ( 1/40 ) X ( 1/40 ) X ( 1/40 ) =

1 / ( 40 X 40 X 40 X 40 X 40 X 40 X 40 X 40 ) = 1 / 6553600000000

Simple a 1 in 6,553,600,000,000 chance!!

Regards,

Dr M

P.S. In a similar way to get two number 6's with a pair of dice ( 1 /6 ) X ( 1 /6 ) = 1 / 36

or a 1 in 36 chance.

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